Adjustable holder for window shades, curtains, and drapes



April 18, 1950 Filed Dec. 18, 1946 s. A. VENNARE 2,5Q4Jfi2 ADJUSTABLE DER FOR WINDOW SHADES, CUR NS, AND DRAPES 4 Sheets-Sheet '1 attomeg Apnl 18, 1950 s. A. VENNARE 2,504,

ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR WINDOW SHADES,

CURTAINS, AND DRAPES Filed Dec. 18, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Bnventor 549M054. A Vfi/VMQPE. g 9'- BI 20 u 19 Ins (Ittorneg Aprii X8, 1950 s. A. VENNARE 2,504,762

ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR WINDOW SHADES,

CURTAINS, AND DRAPES Filed Dec. 18, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 j] attorneg Aprfl 18, 1950 s. A. VENNARE ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR wmnow SHADES,

, CURTAINS, AND DRAPES Filed D60. 18, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Bnventor 5007054 4- I/E/V/VARE Patented Apr. 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR WINDOW SHADES, CURTAINS, AND DRAPES 3 Claims. 1

My invention is directed more particularly to apparatus for mounting window shades, curtains and drapes at windows, the supporting elements therefor being vertically movable relative to the window frame.

Heretofore, brackets and the like which are vertically movable or adjustable at windows have commonly been applied to supporting elements secured to the exposed face of the window frame, to either side of and above the window opening, but such devices not only are frequently visible to an extent that is objectionable to the eye, but frequently the woodwork of the window frame is exposed, because it is difiicult to extend the curtains and drapes far enough to each side of the window to completely cover the frame. Furthermore, when such devices are removed from a window frame, unsightly holes are left in the woodwork, and repeated placing and removal of such brackets or holders results in damage to the window frame.

My invention has for one of its objects the provision of an improved arrangement whereby window shade brackets, curtain rod supports and the like can conveniently be fastened to the edges of a window frame instead of to the exposed face thereof.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved arrangement of supports, brackets, or the like for window coverings, whereby all of the face area of a window frame can readily be covered by curtains or drapes applied thereto.

still another object of my invention is to provide an improved arrangement of vertically movable supporting brackets for shades, drapes and the like, at windows, whereby they may readily be raised and lowered for the placing and removal of the window coverings, or set at various heights to exclude sunlight from a lower portion of a Window but to admit the light through the upper portion thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of a window to which my invention has been applied; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front elevational view showing the guide rails employed for the raising and lowering of the shade and curtain supporting brackets, together with the manner in which pulleys and ropes are applied thereto; Fig. 4 is an end view of one of the guide rails of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlarged inner face view of one of the carriers employed in the guide rails; Fig. 6 is an outer face view thereof; Fig. 7 is an edge view of the structure of Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view showing one of the pair of shade and curtain supporting brackets of Fig. 1; Fig. 9 shows the other bracket; Fig. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the drapesupporting elements; Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing a pair of drape-supporting rods; Fig. 12 is a perspective view showing a modified form of the attaching elements used to connect the guide rails to a wall; Fig. 13 is an edge view of a modified form of guide rail; Fig. 14 is a cross sectional view of the guide rail of Fig. 13 and showing it connected to a wall; Fig. 15 is a perspective view of another form of guide rail; Fig. 16 is a perspective view of a slide bar therefor; Fig. 17 is a sec tional view of this rail and bar in assembled relation, and Fig. 18 is a face view of a portion of the rail of Fig. 15.

For attachment to the edges of a wood window frame 9, the structure comprises a pair of vertical rails l0 and II flanged to form trackways as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The rail 10 has a pair of guide pulleys I2 and I3 at its top, carried on a winged extension I4 thereof. The rail II has a guide pulley i5 carried on a winged extension I6 thereof. The trackways will befastened by screws or the like to the edges of the window frames.

Each of a pair of carriers l1 (Figs. 5, 6 and 7) carries a pair of anti-friction wheels or rollers l8 journaled on its rear side for engagement with the flanges of the channels in the trackways I0 I l (Figs. 2 and 4) so that these carriers can move up and down freely in the trackways. Each carrier at its lower end has a ledge l9 and an ear 20 that is perforated to receive rope ends 2| and 22 by which the carriers are raised or elevated along the trackways and the window frames. The rope 22 passes over the pulley I5 and the pulley [3, while the rope 2| passes over the pulley l2, these ropes being connected together at their free ends as shown in Fig. 1, so that they can be moved as a unit to raise and lower the carriers simultaneously.

Brackets 24 and 25 for supporting a shade, curtains and drapes are shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and may suitably be of sheet metal having flange-like hooks 26 and 21 respectively, on one face thereof that will receive the edges of the carriers [1. The ledges IS on the carriers engage the lower ends of these brackets to give vertical support to them. It will be seen that when the ropes 2I-22 are drawn downwardly at their outer ends, the carriers together with the brackets 24 and 25 will be raised along the trackways Ill-l I.

The bracket 24 has hooks 29 for curtain rods and a hole 28 to receive one end of a shade roller, while the bracket 25 has hooks 30 for curtain V rods and a slot 3| for the other end .of a shade latch element 50 is provided on the lower end of each channel 45, so that when the brackets 4'! The outermost faces of the brackets 24 and 25 are raised to the top of the window frame, the have flanges 32 and 33, respectively, into which tabs 45 on the bars 46'wil1 snap past the catches the edges of drape holders 34 (Fig. 10) will fit. 5 53 and be releasably held thereby in their raised roller shaft.

The lower ends of these holders seat on the flanges positions.

l9. I claim as my invention: 7

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